Hair curler



March 14, 1939. H NATKIEL 2,150,871

HAIR CURLER Filed Feb. 13, 1937,

3/ F l S g 34 3/ 13 INVENIZOR. BY Harry Naf/r/e/ Patented Mar. 14, 1939 PATENT OFFICE HAIR OURLER Harry Natkiel, New York, N. Y., assignor to Palm L. Shelby, New York, N. Y.

Application February 13, 1937, Serial No. 125,833

' 1 Claim. (01. 132-31 The purpose of this invention is to improve hair curlers of the type adapted to be used as a stay upon which the hair may be rolled and having means so that one end may be bent around and held in the other.

The invention is a curler consisting of a flat piece of material with a knob on one end and a socket in other adapted to receive and hold said knob; however, it may also be provided with auxiliary holding means and with knobs and slots of different types.

Hair curlers of this type are relatively old, however substantially all of these curlers have been made of round material such as wire or of flat material formed in two layers and it has been found substantially impossible to finish a spring material where two pieces lie in juxtaposition or parallel with one engaging the other, and therefore it has been found desirable to make a curler of this type with one strand or bar of spring material and provide means for holding one end in the other and this device may also be used with means for holding hair in combination therewith.

The object of this invention is therefore, to simplify the construction of hair curlers of the type consisting of flat pieces of material with one end adapted to be bent over and held in the other.

Another object is to simplify the construction of hair curlers so that the curler may be efficiently manufactured.

A further object is to provide a hair curler consisting of as little material as possible.

And a still further object is to provide a hair curler of the type adapted to be bent in the form of a loop with one end held in the other which is of a simple and economical construction.

With these ends in view the invention embodies a relatively thin flat piece of spring material with holding means on one end and receiving means in the opposite end adapted to receive and hold the said holding means of the other end; and certain auxiliary devices. on the surface thereof adapted to assist in holding hair thereon.

Other features and advantages of the invention will appear from the following description taken. in connection with drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the curler in the preferred design.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the curler shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a view showing the hair rolled on the curler with the curler closed.

Figure 4 is a view similar to that shown in Figure 1, showing an alternate design in which an auxiliary spring member is provided on the inner surface of the curler.

Figure 5 is a side elevation of the curler shown in Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a view showing another alternate design in which the knob end of the curler is provided with a slit.

Figure '7 shows another alternate design in which knobs and sockets are provided at bothends thereof.

Figure 8 shows a curler similar to that shown in Figures 1 and 4 having a spring wire loop on the surface thereof.

Figure 9 shows another alternate design in which the curler is provided in the form of a tube with a slot in the surface thereof in which a spring member may be held.

Figure 10 is a cross section through the curler shown in Figure 9.

Figure 11 is a plan view of the curler shown in Figure 9.

Figure 12 is a detail showing the open end of the curler shown in Figure 9 with the spring member omitted.

Figure 13 is a View showing a curler similar to that shown in Figure 1 with an elongated slot.

In the drawing the curler is shown as it may be made where numeral l indicates the body of the curler, numeral 2, a knob at one end of the curler, and numeral 3, a notch in the opposite end which is adapted to receive and hold the knob.

The curler is preferably made of flat spring steel, however, any suitable material may be used and one end is narrowed down and formed with a knob 2 thereon, and the socket 3 is formed with an enlarged portion 4, adapted to receive the knob 2, and after the knob has been placed through the opening 4, the narrow portion 5, adjacent the knob, slides up into the socket 3. The spring 'of the material holds the knob outward so that it will remain in the notch 3 until it is released by being pressed backward. It will be understood that the knob and socket may be of any other shape or design and any holding means desired, may be used. The enlarged portion A may also be elongated as shown in Figure 13 in which it is indicated by the numeral 6, and in this design the curler is indicated by the numeral 'l, the knob by the numeral 8, and the socket by the numeral 9. The part 6 may be of any length desired.

The curler shown in Figure 4 is similar to that shown in Figure 1, except that a thin narrow spring member I0, is held on the surface thereof by a rivet I I, and this member is provided with a loop I 2, which makes it possible to mount it upon the curler I so that it will rest upon the member I throughout the length of the member I0. This member may be of any shape or design and may 7 be held in place in any manner.

The curler I3 shown in Figure 6 is provided with a slit M which extends through a knob consisting of two sides l5 and I6 and the parts thereof may be pressed together and inserted in the notch I! of the socket I8 similar to the socket 3. The slit I4 may be narrow or relatively wide and of any length.

The curler I9 shown in 'Figure 7 is provided with knobs 20 and 2| at the ends andsockets 22 and 23 adjacent the knobs and it will be noted that either end may be held in the other as may' be desired. The curler 24 shown in Figure 8 is provided with'a spring member 25, and may be formed of wire with the. ends held in sockets 26 and 21 adjacent the socket 28 and the knob 29' may be bent over and inserted in the socket 28 with the member 25 resting against the inner surface thereof.

The curler 30 shown in Figures 9 to 12 consists of a tubular member with a slot 3| in the upper edge and a spring member 32 resting against -one end and a'knob 34 at the other.

be made in the curler without departing from the spirit of the invention. One of which advantages may be in the use of material of any other shape or design, another may be in the use of a male holding member of any other type or design at one end, another may be in the use of a female member also of any other type or design at the opposite end, and still another may be in the use of any other means for holding hair on the body of the curler.

The construction will be readily understood from the foregoing description. In use the curler may be provided as shown and described. and the ends of the hair to becurled may be wrapped around the body of the curler and the curler then rolled until it is substantially against the head and then the knob at one end may be inserted in the socket at the other. This curler, therefore, not only holds the hair in a relatively tight position but also holds it in a curved position as the entire device forms a loop.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

As an article of manufacture a hair curler com; prising a single, relatively narrow thin flat strip of spring material with one end rounded, and having a slotted opening therethrough, with a portion of said opening narrow, and with the inwardly extending portion of said opening enlarged, and with the opposite end of said curler narrowed toward the end, and provided with an enlarged portion forming a knob at the extreme end, said knob adaptedto be inserted through the enlarged portion of the opening in the opposite end with the curler curved over, and with'the narrow portion-of said curler adjacent. said knob.

adapted to be held in the relativelyna'rrow por tion of said slotted opening with the knob on the opposite side thereof, said device characterized in that the ends of hair may be rolled around the single strand thereof, and the device rolled the length of the hair, and then the ends of the device readily snapped together.

. 'HARRY NATKIEL. 

